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M: おぼん帰って来ないの？
「 おぼんかえってこないの？ 」
“Aren’t you coming back for Obon?”
R: うん!元気。
「 うん! げんき。 」
”Yeah, I’m good!”
ママも?
”You’re good too?”
うん、今回来ない。今家族が日本に来た❗
「 うん、こんかいこない。いまかぞくがにほんにきた❗ 」
“Yep, this time I’m not coming, my family came to japan!”
*I sent the purikura pics*
R: 家族とのプリクラ✨
「かぞくとのプリクラ✨ 」
“Family purikura”
M: よかったね。
“That’s good”
れなの家族によろしくと伝えてね。
「 れなのかぞくによろしくとつたえてね。 」
“Tell your family I said ‘Hello’“
日本のママだよって
「にほんのママだよっ って」
“Say ‘It’s from your Japanese mom’“
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I’ve had this as a draft for a while now ^^;
I didn’t go to Nagasaki for summer, but I’m thinking about going there for winter vacation.
Today’s Japanese Vocabulary is 大丈夫 (daijoubu : all right)
Happy learning °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
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Learn how to make SRS Japanese learning go faster, and avoid common mistakes that ruin your progress.
When you need to learn a lot of Japanese vocabulary, and you want to learn it well, a combination of mnemonics and some kind of spaced repetition system (“SRS” from here on) will be the most efficient way to go about it. Even if you’re already using an SRS, I’m going to show you how to make it a more efficient and effective tool.
If you’re not using an SRS – damn, you need to read this article. You can buy me a thank-you coffee later.
First, for those of you not familiar, what is spaced repetition?
Spaced repetition is a learning technique based on flashcards. If you get a card correct, the interval between now and the next review will get longer. If you get it wrong, the interval gets shorter.
Basically, an SRS will adjust when you review something based on your performance (did you get it right? Kind of right? Wrong?) using what’s called the spacing effect. You develop a stronger memory when you recall something right before you forget it. A good spaced repetition algorithm will line reviews up in this important window, allowing you to review your flashcards at the most efficient moment possible.
Thankfully, there are many applications out there built on the concept of spaced repetition, though some are better than others. Each have their own secret algorithms. Some include mnemonics (which changes how well you can recall something, thus changing the ideal timing). Others offer multiple choice (bad!), and some make you type in the answer (good!). On top of all this, some systems have communities that make and share decks to be used in the SRS. You can download them, change them, or make your own.
My point is, there are a lot of SRS options out there. Depending on your goals and learning style, one may be better for you than the rest. I’ll give you some of my suggestions, along with some additional info, so that you can make an educated decision on what works best for you.
Japanese verb conjugates a lot. And they are divided into 3 main types. If you didn’t know about this, check out this article here http://crunchynihongo.com/verbs-and-adjectives-types
て form
This form is used in a lot of grammar pattern. The very basic usage combine or express more than one action. The formula is very similar to た form.
But instead of た, you replace it with て. Depending on the verb type, it have different formula. Ichidan is the easiest. Irregular verb only consist くる and する (including all noun+する verb) which need to be memorized. Godan is complex and you must pay attention on the last kana.
Happy learning °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
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We already know that Japanese have more than one type of writing. Hiragana, katakana and kanji. And no, furigana is not the 4th type of writing that you need to learn, so all is good! But what is it then?
Basically Furigana is an information, written in hiragana/katakana about the pronunciation of a word. There are thousand of kanji character in Japanese. And not all people are able to read them. They might know the word though. Not to mention that one kanji can be read with many different ways.
Based on the reader target, publisher will add proper furigana to a kanji character to avoid the reader mispronounce the word. Most of the time it will be used for uncommon kanji or name. For this purpose, the furigana will be written with hiragana. For example, 勉強 will have べんきょう (benkyou) as furigana.
Sometimes, foreign words will also get a furigana, written with katakana to inform the reader about the pronunciation. Check out this example below. Furigana is especially helpful when you start learning Japanese! It will make you able to look the word in the dictionary much easier (else, you will need to analyze the radical). Most of children book will have simple kanji and furigana. And that’s the kind of book you need to have at first.
By the time you’re able to read the kanji, you need to get a book with much less furigana to practice your reading. Most of material (game/manga/book) for elementary level or higher will be good. The higher the level of material, the furigana will only used on very uncommon words.
Hope it helps! Happy learning!~
Fun fact:
Remember harvestmoon? The real Japanese title is 牧場物語 Bokujou Monogatari, which means Farm story
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塩は塩っぱい (shio wa shoppai) : salt is salty
塩 shio: salt
塩っぱい shoppai: salty
コーヒーは苦い (koohii wa nigai) : coffee is bitter
コーヒー koohii: coffee
苦い nigai: bitter
レモンは酸っぱい (remon wa suppai) : lemon is sour
レモン remon: lemon
酸っぱい suppai: sour
ラーメンは美味しい (ramen wa oishii) : ramen is delicious
ラーメン raamen: Japanese noodle
美味しい oishii: delicious/tasty
ケーキは甘い (keeki wa amai) : cake is sweet
ケーキ keeki: cake
甘い amai: sweet
Happy learning ｡ﾟ✶ฺ.ヽ(*´∀`*)ﾉ.✶ฺﾟ｡
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Hey guys, I hope you’re all doing well! Today we’re gonna discuss animals in Japanese and some of the counters used for small and large animals.
Animals＝動物・どうぶつ
Bear＝熊・くま
Bird＝鳥・とり
Cat＝猫・ねこ
Cow＝牛・うし
Deer＝鹿・しか
Dog＝犬・いぬ
Elephant＝象・ぞう
Fish＝魚・さかな
Fox＝狐・きつね
Giraffe＝麒麟・きりん
Hamster＝ハムスター
Horse＝馬・うま
Kangaroo＝カンガルー
Koala＝コアラ
Lion＝ライオン
Mouse＝鼠・ねずみ
Monkey＝猿・さる
Owl＝フクロウ
Pig＝豚・ぶた
Rabbit＝兎・うさぎ
Snake＝蛇・へび
Squirrel＝栗鼠・りす
Tiger＝虎・とら
Turtle＝亀・かめ
Wolf＝狼・おおかみ
Zoo＝動物園・どうぶつえん
e.g. I like dogs
私は犬が好きです。
My cat is very cute.
私の猫はとても可愛いです。
I wish I could have a pet monkey.
サルを飼うことができればいいと思っています。
Do you like animals?
動物が好きですか？
As far as counters go, there are multiple counters for all the various animals in Japanese. I will only go into this a little bit but if anyone would like a detailed post feel free to request it in my ask box!
匹「ひき」 is used for counting small animals such as cats and dogs.
一匹・いっぴき
二匹・にひき
三匹・さんびき
四匹・よんひき
五匹・ごひき
六匹・ろっぴき
七匹・ななひき
八匹・はっぴき
九匹・きゅうひき
十匹・じゅっぴき
頭「とう」 is used for counting large animals such as horses, cows, elephants etc.
一頭・いっとう
二頭・にとう
三頭・さんとう
四島・よんとう
五頭・ごとう
六頭・ろくとう
七頭・ななとう
八頭・はっとう
九頭・きゅうとう
十頭・じゅっとう
I hope this helped you guys out, feel free to send requests in for posts you’d like to see on this blog!
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